id:			159163
accession number:	1995.351
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Lobed Mirror with Heaven and Earth between the Paired Phoenixes, mid to late 700s. China, Tang dynasty (618-907). Bronze; diameter: 22.5 cm (8 7/8 in.); overall: 1.1 cm (7/16 in.); rim: 0.7 cm (1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee 1995.351

title:				Lobed Mirror with Heaven and Earth between the Paired Phoenixes
title in original language:	雙鳳上圓下方葵花鏡
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creation date:			mid to late 700s
creation date earliest:		700
creation date latest:		799
current location:		239 Chinese Ceramics and Metalwork
creditline:			Gift of Drs. Thomas and Martha Carter in Honor of Sherman E. Lee
copyright:			

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culture:	China, Tang dynasty (618-907)
technique:	bronze
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Tang Dynasty
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Diameter: 22.5 cm (8 7/8 in.); Overall: 1.1 cm (7/16 in.); Rim: 0.7 cm (1/4 in.)
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	inscription:	上圓下方，象于天地。
中列八填，備著陰陽。
辰星鎮定，日月貞明。
周流為水，以名四瀆。
內置連山，以旌王岳。
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Circles of Reflection:  The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors
	opening date:   2000-09-17T00:00:00
	<i>Circles of Reflection:  The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17-November 26, 2000); China Institute Gallery, New York, NY (February 6-June 2, 2002); Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, WI (December 20, 2003-February 29, 2004).

	title:		La voie du Tao, un autre chemin de l'Etre
	opening date:   2010-03-29T00:00:00
	<i>La voie du Tao, un autre chemin de l'Etre</i>. Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, 75008 Paris, France (March 29-July 5, 2010).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Thomas and Martha Carter, Madison, WI, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1995
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1995–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Chou, Ju-hsi. <em>Circles of Reflection: The Carter Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors</em>. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. no. 69, pp. 75-76 and 121
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	Cahill, Suzanne E. "The Moon Stopping in the Void: Daoism and the LIterati Ideal in Mirrors of the Tang Dynasty." .<em>Cleveland Studies in the History of Art</em> 9 (2005): 24-41.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 38, fig.15
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/20079751

	Delacour, Catherine.<em> La Voie du Tao: un Autre Chemin de L'être : Galeries Nationales, Grand Palais, 29 Mars-5 Juillet 2010</em>. Paris: Reunion des Musees Nationaux, 2010.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pp. 136-137, cat. 11.2
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